The actress has not changed her name or gender on her identity card. She said she won't until everyone can, until there is a gender identity law in Chile, a dream that this afternoon moved one step closer to becoming a reality with the bill's passage in the Chamber of Deputies.

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She recounted that she always dreamed of being an actress and walking the red carpet. When she was 15, her parents asked her how she felt, if she was a lesbian, and Daniela told them, "I feel like a girl." Her parents took two days off at the beach to think about it, and upon their return, they gave her a small makeup kit. It's a gesture that still touches her deeply and doesn't prevent her from seeing that, generally speaking, there is still much to be done regarding the rights of transgender people.

A path to the red carpet

Vega began her career in theater. In 2014, she appeared in the music video for the song "María" by Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist Manuel García, and that same year she made her film debut in "La visita," directed by Mauricio López Fernández. But her big international breakthrough came with Lelio. The film garnered awards at the Berlin International Film Festival and won the Teddy Award, given to the best LGBT-themed film, presented at the festival by an independent jury. At the Oscars, in the Best Foreign Language Film category, "Una mujer perfecta" is competing against "El insulto" (Lebanon), "Sin amor" (Russia), "En cuerpo y alma" (Hungary), and "The Square" (Sweden). Here you can see the movie trailer: ]]>